Yesterday, I suddenly noticed that the “Return Youtube Dislike” extension wasn’t working, as in, I wasn’t seeing any dislikes. Is Youtube the cause of this? or this is just some random bug?

  • Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wish videos were hosted on different websites like the old days. Your friends would suggest a website to you to see a funny video like dumb.com and homestar runner. YouTube came along and now they have a monopoly on 99% of full length videos. Make your voice heard and stop using YouTube- host your own videos and keep the spirit of the old web alive

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      1 year ago

      Host your own videos where? The average user isn’t likely to start hosting their own file server

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        1 year ago

        There’s lots of free resources on the internet for learning how to do that. I just wish people would realize that the more you learn about technology, the more you can manipulate the world around you for the better, especially in this decade.

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          1 year ago

          You’re not wrong, but realistically, there’s no chance of it happening.

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          1 year ago

          Since you sound like you’re familiar with the topic, what web-based software do you recommend for hosting videos on a VPS?

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            1 year ago

            I’m definitely more of a hardware guy, but at least I’m old enough to remember the internet before corporations took it over

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              1 year ago

              Wait, so… you’re advocating for the average user to self-host, but it turns out you don’t even do it yourself?

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                1 year ago

                No? I’m not a networking guy, I mainly deal with hardware. I do remember when the internet was decentralized and all the innovative content was independent of things like social media. Just because I don’t know how to set up my own video server off the top of my head doesn’t mean I don’t support it.

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                  1 year ago

                  The point being, if you’re an IT guy who supports the idea and yet can’t find the motivation to do it, do you honestly think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell of anybody else doing it?

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      1 year ago

      I’ve been thinking about getting a Nebula subscription for awhile now. Most of the channels I subscribe to are on there so I’d feel good paying to support them. And Practical Engineering’s new (now finished) series was so good, I want to see more stuff like that instead of hoping the YouTube algorithm suggests something worth watching